Receptacle for type-holders.



E. H. PREY.

RECEPTACLE FOR TYPE HOLDERS.

APYLIGATIOR FILED Nov. 6, 1911.

1,106,553. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

i skilled'in the art to which it ,make and use the same.

nEcErrAoLE: non TYPE-HOLDERS.

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" lTE STATES' FFCE.

ERNEST ii., rie-Einer wILLoUGHBY, oHro.

Specification of Letters Patent. v Patented Aug. 11, 1914:.

Application 'filed November G, 1911. Serial No. 658,754.

Ta @ZZ I'to/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST H. F REY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of l/Tilloughby, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Receptacles Afor `Type-Holders, of which l hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others appertains to The objects of the invention are to provide a receptacle for storing the typeholders for the addresses employed in an addressing machine. This receptacle is designed to retain the type holders in either a vertical or horizontal column, for storage, and is provided with spring retainers at the lower end which support the column of cards until the receptacle is placed in vertical position Vin the addressing machine, when by releasing the spring ,retainers the type .holders will fall by gravity upon a conveyer which carries them to the printing position. The receptacle is also designed to receive the type holders after theimpression has been taken therefrom, and for this reason is open at the upper end` so that these receptacles can be used interchangeably in either position. The receptacle is also pro- Y vided with removable guard rods arranged longitudinally thereof justwithin the edges of the side walls of the receptacle, so that the type holders can be held in place when the receptacle stands vertically, but will be accessible for inspection or change in order of printing or removed if desired, when the receptacle lies in the horizontal position.

The invention also includes a removable spring keeper or follower which is inserted between the side walls of the receptacle and retains the type holders in place so that only a few or a large number of them can be retained in place without disorder. A n important feature of advantage in the receptacle is its adaptability to be kept in the manner of a drawer in a suitable case, so that several series of addresses can be filed away for use, each receptacle containing a separate series of address cards or type holders for any use required. The case in which these drawer receptacles is stored usually accompanies each addressing ma chine, and as many series of addressing type holders can be used as may be desired. The

type holders are provided with a designating or initialed card which projects through the open central space and can be readily seen and found when any alterations in the order of the type holders orthe removal of one `of them is desired.

The invention also comprises the combinatio-n and arrangement of parts and construction of details as hereinafter described, sho-wn in `the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front viewof the device; Fig. 2 is a side velevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the open end of the receptacle showing one of the retainingrods and its socket;'Fig. 4 is a similar section of the opposite end showing one of the spring pressed rods; Fig. 5 is a transverse section of Fig. V2 looking toward the open end; Fig. 6 is an end View showing the type holder retaining springs. V

In these views A, A are three-sided frame portions of rectangular shape arranged at the ends of the receptacle. B, B, are angular plates secured to these frame portions, and connecting them to form side walls o, and ledges E5', b', by means of which the type holders are retained in the receptacles when in the .vertical or horizontal positions. The ledges o', b', thus form back or bottom strips as may be required for the receptacle. The type holders rest upon the ledges b, b, when the receptacle is lying in the horizontal position, or the receptacles can be stored on edge as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. To retain the type holders in position so that they will not fall out of the open frontA P of the device rods C, C, are inserted in the oppositely placed sockets D, D in the frames A.. A', and are retained in place by means of the springs E, E, so that they can readily be removed to withdraw the type holders. vRetaining springs G, G at one end of the receptacle prevent the type holders from falling out at that end. And a removable spring follows F, is placed in the receptacle to secure them at the other end. In this form of construction the front and hack are left completely open through the central part, the open back permitting of the introduction of mechanism in the machine from the rear, to support the type holders and to lower them gradually into the receptacle as shown in an accompanying application Serf. No. 658,753, filed Nov. 6, 1911, for letters'patent on an addressing machine.

In this machine the receptacle'full of type holders is set vertically4 over an opening as O through which the type holdersrare permitmted to.V fall -to the conveyer which carries them to the printing position, and when put into place the retaining springs G, G which are provided with inwardly turned forked eXtremitiesI-I, I-I, are formed outwardly automatically by means of solid wedges I, I, upon themachine, and shown in dotted lines in Fig.. 1, andV inthis manner the type holders. are immediatelyl released. These wedges follow grooves J, J in the outer edges of the frame A and theV bottoms of the grooves are correspondingly inclined.' The wedges I I engage'the grooves J J simultaneously with the; pushing outfof the springs G. These forked springs have longer sides which are secured to the 'outer sides of the side-walls at KfK', and thelforked ends which lie on opposite sides of the grooves J-J are .separated sufficiently by the wedges I, I, to give a'clearpathto the type holders; The type holders T are provided with the distinguishing cards t which project through the iii-onf; opening P and thus make every type-holder accessible for removal or change of position, similar to a card tiling drawer or case.

Having described the invention what -I claim'asnew and des-ire to secure by Letters Vlatent-is:

' 1. In a receptacle for a series of type holders, va three sided frame membervat each end,

angle plates comprising side and bottom portionsV connecting' said `frames, and ai'` ranged to provide an open central space between them extending from frame to frame, means, li'or detacliably retaining the type holders, said retaining means located at one end ofthe receptacle, the other end thereotl being lopen, andlongitudinal retaining rods spaced 'from said side plates and removably inserted in said frame members.

receptacle forvtype' holders in coni- I f Copies of this patent may be obtained f or'iive centsi each, by aaltre'ssiii*'gv the bination, three sided frames at the upperV and lowerends thereof, connecting plates forY vide a central long jitudinalV opening, isaicl lower frame being provided with longitudinal grooves on its outer sides,and spring retainers secured to said Vside v portions, said sarin retainers beino rovidedv with inwardly turned forked extremities, the forks passing on each side of said grooves whereby Y a means forspreadinof said spriing.retainers` canbe insertedin sai grooves.

3. In a receptacle forvt-ype holders,.said

type holders having'projections on fwhich H designating charactersA jare displayed,'. a frame at each-end of said receptacle, angle strips connecting oppositeV sides Vof said Vframes and forming sides and back'portions,

said frames being three sided to permitthe passage of said projections on `said type,"

holders, removable retaining means for .pre-

venting the type holdersfrom falling out or the open sideof said receptacle, and spring retainers at-one end of the receptacle,the other end beingopen.

4L. .In a. receptacle foil'type holders, side and spaced rear walls, three sided connecting members at the ends of said walls providing an unobstructed opening on the fourth siglgi spring retainers Vat one end of said receptaf iv cle, and removable means4 forpreventing the i said type holders from falling Vout oi the.

said opening.

5. VIn a receptacle` fortype holders, a hebV Qi low body open at each end andon one side,

and a' movable retaining device adapted to prevent the type holders from fallingy out ot"` the open side, a movable follower in oneend of the receptacle other end.l p

and movable keepers ati the 1 In testimony whereof, I hereuntoset m Y l hand this 23d day of May, 1911. T

' Y ERNEST H.

' L. R. CANFIELD,

M.' Monaca Y Commissioner of ,Pateiits,

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